Latest Jobs with Nottingham City Council

Fixed Term for One year – Full Time

The Operations Officer role within the Parking Team is to provide an effective and efficient parking service at the City Council operated car parks and across the on-street parking provision within the city whilst also providing and maintain a mobile support service from the central parking hub at Trinity Square through the monitoring and operating of all parking equipment, responding to needs at multiple locations to ensure ongoing continuity of service.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to work under pressure in situations that may become confrontational

• Able to respond quickly to change and the introduction of new processes as the service expands

• Able to demonstrate initiative, take action and make decisions within own level of authority

• Able to follow direction and processes

For informal enquires please contact Simon Blacknell on Tel: 0115 876 5262 or email: simon.blacknell@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Location: City Wide

JOB SUMMARY:

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people? Are you resilient, motivated and committed to making a difference to our citizens?

If you are enthusiastic, energetic and looking for a challenging and rewarding role in a diverse and vibrant city, then why not join our supportive team at Nottingham City Council. 

You will be part of a friendly, hard-working team, committed to ensuring that children get the best chances in life.  You will benefit from supportive and proactive management and a genuine commitment to you and your career development.  You will also have access to a full package of benefits and rewards including an award winning employee benefits scheme offering an incredible range of discounts to help your salary go further, family friendly policies, local government pension scheme, employee assistance programme, generous annual leave entitlement, colleague support networks, our Going the Extra Mile recognition scheme and much more.  See the attached Colleague Total Rewards brochure for details of the full package.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

You will be a Qualified Social Worker (MA, BA (hons) or BSc (hons) Social Work, DipSW, CQSW, CSS) with HCPC registration, have completed your NQSW year and be experienced in working with children and families. Proven experience of court work, as well as undertaking in-depth assessments, preparing high quality reports and presenting them in a formal setting is required as is your ability to manage child protection and complex, multi-faceted child protection cases.  You will also be able to apply your significant knowledge and practice to guiding, supporting and mentoring other workers.

Possession of a full driving licence, access to a vehicle and willingness to travel both inside and outside the council area as required is needed. An enhanced DBS check will also be required.

For informal enquiries, or if you would like to visit us, meet the team and get a feel for working at Nottingham City Council, please contact Sam Danyluk, Senior Practitioner on 0115 8762905.

To support Nottingham City schools/academies in meeting the needs of and raising the attainment of vulnerable groups of pupils, working closely with LA colleagues and reporting to the Senior Achievement Consultant in the Achievement of Vulnerable Groups team.

Provide and organise both central and school-based in-service training and professional development opportunities related to EAL/ethnic minority achievement. 

Act as the link Achievement Consultant for a number of maintained schools.

Provide advice and support to Head teachers and senior leaders helping to develop effective policies, plans and approaches that will enhance the achievement of EAL/ethnic minority pupils.

Maintain knowledge of latest research, strategies and materials relating to EAL/equalities and disseminate the findings to schools.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

- QTS - Qualified Teacher Status 

- Proven ability and successful experience of working with senior staff in schools to provide positive challenge and to effect/implement change. 

- Understanding of and empathy with the experience of EAL/ethnic minority pupils within British schools and successful experience of curriculum development to enhance inclusion (developing classroom approaches and promoting positive relationships between pupils and between pupils/teachers).

- Good communication and facilitation skills, the ability to raise awareness of the experiences of EAL/ethnic minority pupils and also to provide positive challenge, advice and support for school staff.

This post is subject to a DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity.

Informal enquires please contact Jane Daffé 0115 8764680  jane.daffe@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Fixed Term until 31 March 2017

To support the Bidding and Funding Unit Manager in researching and preparing bid applications to secure funding streams for strategic economic growth projects and business support projects across the Nottingham City area, and in partnership with our local partners.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues across the City Council working on economic growth and business support projects and with partners to develop joint bids.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT:

- Experience of the public sector funding environment including experience of EU funding

- Experience of bid writing

- Excellent communication skills

- Adept at partnership working 

For informal enquires please contact Simon Hall Tel: 07939 979461 or Email: simon.hall@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Fixed Term for 24 months

The Council is seeking to recruit an experienced commercial property lawyer with extensive experience of regeneration projects to work within its Property and Conveyancing Team.

The role will mainly involve advising on sales and purchases of commercial property (both leasehold and freehold) but may also include some residential matters where site assembly is required. Many of the transactions will be high value and high profile and will require an ability to deal with officers at all levels of the Council. You will also need to be able to handle landlord and tenant matters as well as advise on property law generally.

The successful candidate will be experienced across all aspects of commercial property matters and able to handle a caseload of complex matters without supervision.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

- Qualified Solicitor.

- Highly experienced in all aspects of Property, Landlord and Tenant law.

- An ability to deal with councillors and officers at all levels of the organisation.

- Good negotiating and drafting skills.

This post is Politically Restricted under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Section 2.

For an informal discussion please contact Malcolm Townroe, Head of Legal Services on 0115 8764332 or Rebecca Beecroft, Team Leader, Property and Conveyancing on 0115 8764372